The business authorization certificate that prevents the sale of new vehicles will be revoked.

In the event that dealers engaged in the trade in first-registration motor land vehicles refrain from selling vehicles despite their stocks and demand a price higher than the recommended sale price, their land vehicle trade authorization certificates will be cancelled. second hand and these companies do not receive a certificate of authorization for a period of one year.

The “Regulation amending the Regulation on the Trade in Second-Hand Motor Vehicles” prepared by the Ministry of Commerce was published in the Official Gazette and entered into force.

In accordance with current legislation, although it is necessary to have an authorization certificate to engage in the trade in used land vehicles, the rules relating to the cancellation of the authorization certificate have been determined.

With the modification of the regulation, the dealers that are dedicated to the commercialization of land motor vehicles of first registration, refrain from selling the vehicle even if they have it in stock, will demand a price higher than the sale price of the vehicle recommended by the manufacturer or dealer, compel the consumer to purchase accessories or trade-in, or compel the trade-in price to significantly exceed the market price For any activity that makes it difficult for the consumer to reach the first registered land vehicle, as determined in

For this reason, no authorization certificate will be granted to the business whose authorization certificate has been revoked, nor to the other businesses of the business owner and the businesses it represents, for a term of one year from the date of cancellation.

ORGANIZED UPON REQUESTS

In the statement made by the Ministry on the subject, it was recalled that the activities of manufacturers, suppliers and retail businesses that create tightness in the market and prevent consumers from reaching the merchandise, are prohibited by accepting “storage” in the Law Regulation of Retail Trade.

The statement noted:

“Our Ministry closely monitors companies’ compliance with this ban and heavy administrative fines continue to be imposed on companies that engage in infringing practices. Recently, it has been shared on social media platforms and complaints have been made to our Ministry that authorized dealers dealing in first-registration motor land vehicles have made unfair profit by engaging in some activities that make it difficult for dealers to Consumers get there first. registered land vehicles.

DISTRIBUTORS WILL BE DISCLOSED

In the statement, it was noted that modifications were made to the regulations in order to meet the demands received by the Ministry to prevent these activities and the expectations of the public regarding the subject, and the following expressions were used:

“On the other hand, within the scope of our Ministry’s activities to combat stockpiling, each of the aforementioned offenses will be considered hoarding and an administrative fine of up to 4 million 458 thousand 600 liras will be imposed on separately authorized dealers for each violation. In addition, these authorized distributors will be disclosed on the website of our Ministry. (AA)